politeness

IPA: pʌɫˈaɪtnʌs

Examples of "politeness" in Sentences

I love how the politeness is at odds with the situation.
In New York politeness is understood to be a privilege not a right.
And is not what we call politeness an illusion, and a very ugly illusion?
Just think, we could have contests to see if people excel in politeness and courtesy.
The middling distance that results as people pull back and forth is called politeness or civility.
You would be surprised to see how entirely his politeness is his weapon of defence against the low and ill-mannered.
Though her behaviour to us; continued I, was politeness itself, was there nothing more than _politeness_ in her address to Lord Darcey?
Perhaps it may be said, that these are not instances of what we mean by the term politeness, but they are instances of the difference of disposition, which occasions different modes of behaviour; and a nation will, throughout its several ranks, maintain the same characteristics, though the form of expressing them may be varied according to the circumstances of the parties. "